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One of Ashley Dale's killers headed up a county lines drug operation and boasted of selling 'fat bits' and 'the best in town'.
Niall Barry, 26, was one of four men convicted of the 28-year-old's murder following a seven week trial at Liverpool Crown Court. Ashley was shot at her home on Leinster Road in Old Swan in the early hours of August 21 last year by gunman James Witham. Getaway driver Joseph Peers, and 'organisers' Barry and Sean Zeisz, were also handed life sentences with minimum terms of over 40 years.
A trial earlier this year heard further details of the 'Kyle line' which Barry used to supply heroin and crack cocaine in the North Wales area, reports the Liverpool Echo.
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Alex Langhorn told a jury of four men and eight women during the prosecution's opening that the 26-year-old, of Moscow Drive in Tuebrook, "sat at the head of the conspiracy" and "relied on others" to make deliveries to drug users and man the graft phone.
This device was used to send out "flare messages", or texts advertising that the illicit substances were for sale, on hundreds of occasions. One such example included: "New number, back active.
"Dis number only, fat bits, Kyle/Pete. Don’t ring Debbie."
Another, which was distributed to 165 customers, read: "Active, fat bits. Best in town, drop offs."
A message sent to 183 users meanwhile said: "Active, massive bits. Phone dis."
Jurors also heard of a text saying: "New number, active. Massive bits, straight 10s."
Mr Langhorn described one incident linked to the Kyle Line on the afternoon of June 28 last year., in
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